Railway-tie



l. W. JORDAN.

RAILWAY TIE.

' APPucATmn FILED nEc.10. |920.

1,367,265. Patented Feb. 1, 1921.

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UNITED STATES JAMES vv. JORDAN, or zAOH, TENNESSEE.

RAILWAY-TIE Specication of Lettersllatent.

Application ufiled December 10, 192D. Serial No. 429,714.

To all fwzom t may concerne.'

Be it known that I, JAMES W. Joanna, a

citizen oit the United States, residing at Zach, in the county Ot Bentonand State 2oi Tennessee., have invented new and usciul .itailway-Tiesvot which the itollowing 1s` a specification.

T his invention relates to railway ties, one oi its Objects being toprovide a metallic tie so constructed that it 'will not creep upon theroadbed after being properly placed in position, and which is free toiles or yield under the weight Oft cars passing thereover, thereby toprovide an elasticity corresponding with that aflorded by the use o'fiordinary wooden ties.

A 'further object is to provide a railway tie made up Oi detachablyconnected-sections anyone oit which can be replaced readily by a newsection in the event oit wear or breakage.

Ainother object is to provide simple and sii cient means ttor connectingthe sections of the tie. y i

At still Jfurther Object is to provide novel means itor securing railsto the tie.

ilifith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details Ot construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope ofwhat is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the 1nventionshown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

ln the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

in said drawingsl y Figure l is an elevation of the tie, rails Abeingshown in position thereon.

Fig. 2 is a plan view Oi one end portion oi the tie.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3, Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4-l, Fig. l.

Referring to the figures by characters of .reference l designates endsections of the tie and 2 designates an intermediate secr tion, thesesections being preferably cast ott metal and bowed or archedtransversely to provide a bottom channel shown at 3 whereby the materialof the roadbed can be taniped into the-channels as well as along thesides of the sections, thus to prevent the tie from creeping. Thesections are placed end to end as shown and secured in any suit-` ablemanner to the top oi the intermediate section is an elongated metalstrip tpreierably of steel designedto lap the inner ends of the sectionsi. and provided at its free ends with tongues 5 which areunderrnt asshown in Fig. B so as to he spa-ced from the top surfaces of thesections 1.o Transverse doveetails 6 are formed onfthe bottom race ofthe strip 4 near the tongues 5 and.

formed within the upper surface of each of the sections l are transversedove-tailed grooves 7 designed to receive the dove-tails 6, thereby tohold the sections l and 2 properly assembled. After the dovetails havebeen seated in the grooves they can be held against withdrawal theretromby means of bolts 8 arranged in pairs and extending upwardly trom thesections l. Each tongue 5 extends between the bolt-s oi one pair and isheld down between said bolts by a cross strip 9 secured to the bolts.

duitably secured to the sections l are rail fastening blocks l0 whichpreferably en gage the under surfaces of the Outer sides Oi: the headsof the rails R, these blocks being properly spaced apart so that whenthe rails are in engagement therewith they will be held in properrelation and cannot spread. .Additional rail engaging members l1 aremounted on the end members l and have openings 1Q extending therethroughinto which the tongues 5 project. These mem bers ll are slidabie on thetongues and carry set screws 13 which can be adjusted into engagementwith the tongues so as to hold the members ll in any positions to whichthey may be moved. Thus it will be seen that after the rails have beenpositioned against the members it() the members 11 can be moved againstthe inner `sides of the rails and then fastened.

1. A. metallic railway tie including separate alining end andintermediate sections, a resilient strip detaohably connecting saidsections and separate means upon the end sections and the resilientstrips respectively vior fastening rails to the end sections.

2. A metallic railway tie including separate alining end andintermediate sections, a resilient member mounted on and detach ablyconnecting said sections, rail engaging `members upon the endsections,and means ratentdneb. 1, 1921.

termediate section, a resilient strip upon and secured to said sectionand projecting bef yondV the ends thereof, end sections detachablyengaging and lapped by the end'portions of said strip, and cooperatingmeans upon the end sections and the end portions of the striprespectively for fastening rails to the end sections.

4.' VA metallic railway tie including an intermediate section, aresilient strip secured thereto and projecting beyond the ends thereof,end sections slidable transversely into engagement with the resilientstrip, and rail fastening means upon the end sections.

5*. A metallic railway tie including an intermediate section, a flexiblestrip secured to and projecting beyond the ends of said section, endsections movable transversely into engagement with the strip, saidsections and strip having cooperating means for holding them assembled,and means upon the end sections for engaging the strip to hold themagainst relative transverse movement.

6. A metallic railway tie including ilexibly connected sections, railengaging means iixedly secured to certain ci the sections. tonguesspaced from said certain sections and connected thereto, and railengaging means adjustably mounted on the tongues.

In testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES lV. JORDAN.

Witnesses J. E. SIMPSON7 HERBERT D. LAWSON.

